حریص
See also: حريص
Persian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Arabic حَرِيص (ḥarīṣ).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ha.ˈɾiːs]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [hæ.ɹíːs]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [hä.ɾís]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | harīs |
Dari reading? | harīs |
Iranian reading? | haris |
Tajik reading? | haris |
Adjective
editحریص • (haris)
- greedy; covetous
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 21:
- کوزهی چشم حریصان پر نشد
تا صدف قانع نشد پر در نشد- kūza-yi čašm-i harisān por na-šud
tā sadaf qāni' na-šud por dorr na-šud - The pitcher, the eye of the covetous, never becomes full: the oyster-shell is not filled with pearls until it is contented.
- kūza-yi čašm-i harisān por na-šud